Mitsui/GDF SUEZ
Represented Mitsui & Co., Ltd in its acquisition of a 30% stake in 10 wind farms and 2 solar photovoltaic power plants in Canada from GDF SUEZ Canada Inc.
Nihon Kohden/Defibtech
Represented Nihon Kohden Corporation, a Japanese corporation, in its acquisition of Defibtech, LLC.
OpenLink/Multiple Transactions
Represented OpenLink Financial LLC in its acquisitions of CubeLogic Ltd. and SolArc, Inc.
Daicel/Special Devices
Represented Daicel Corporation, a Japanese corporation, in its acquisition of Special Devices Incorporated from funds managed by Wayzata Investment Partners LLC.
McAfee/NitroSecurity
Represented McAfee Inc. in its acquisition of NitroSecurity Inc.
Royal Bank of Canada/Athene Holding
Represented Royal Bank of Canada in the sale of Liberty Life Insurance Company, its U.S. life insurance subsidiary, to Athene Holding Ltd.
Matrixx Initiatives/H.I.G.
Represented Matrixx Initiatives, Inc. in its sale to funds managed by H.I.G. Capital, LLC by means of a cash tender offer followed by a back-end merger.
Harris/CapRock Communications
Represented Harris Corp. in its acquisition of CapRock Communications Corp. from funds managed by ABRY Partners LLC.
The Weinstein Company/Restructuring Transactions
Represented The Weinstein Company in its out-of-court restructuring of substantially all of its consolidated indebtedness.
York Capital/Credit Suisse
Represented the members of York Capital Management Global Advisors LLC, a U.S.-based hedge fund manager, in their sale of a minority stake to Credit Suisse.
Barclays Bank PLC/CVC
Represented Barclays Bank PLC in the sale of its iShares business to CVC Capital Partners Group SICAV-FIS S.A.
Anheuser-Busch InBev/KPS
Represented Anheuser-Busch InBev in its sale of substantially all of the assets of InBev USA L.L.C., the exclusive U.S. importer of Labatt-branded beer, to funds managed by KPS Capital Partners.
Morgan Stanley/Quadrant
Represented Morgan Stanley in its sale of Cournot Financial Products LLC, a credit derivative product company, to funds managed by Quadrant Structured Products LLC.
Blockbuster/Circuit City
Represented Blockbuster, Inc. in its unsolicited proposal to acquire Circuit City Stores Inc.
GS Infrastructure and Mediobanca/Sintonia
Represented GS Infrastructure Partners and Mediobanca in the acquisition of minority equity stakes in Sintonia S.A., the infrastructure investment vehicle of the Benetton family.
Israel Corporation/Globeleq
Represented Israel Corporation in its acquisition of Globeleq Americas Limited, a holding company for a portfolio of operating power businesses in six Latin American and Caribbean countries and subsidiary of CDC Group plc, the U.K. government-owned investor in developing countries.
Swisscom/Fastweb
Represented Swisscom AG in its tender offer for all outstanding shares of Fastweb S.p.A., an Italian broadband service provider listed on MTAX.
Statoil/Norsk Hydro
Represented Statoil ASA in its merger with the oil and gas business of Norsk Hydro ASA.
Koninklijke Philips Electronics/Private Equity Consortium
Represented Koninklijke Philips Electronics in the sale of a 80.1% stake in its semiconductor business to a private equity consortium comprised of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co, Silver Lake Partners, AlpInvest Partners, Bain Capital and Apax Partners.
United Mexican States/Debt Offerings
Represented the underwriters in connection with multiple offerings of SEC-registered notes by United Mexican States.
Standard Chartered/Financing
Represented Standard Chartered in respect of its secured bridge loan to Union Global Partners Limited.
Standard Chartered/Debt Offering
Represented Standard Chartered in connection with the issuance and offering of $1.7 billion principal amount of debt securities under Standard Chartered’s MTN program.
PEMEX/Debt Offerings
Represented the managers in multiple Rule 144A/Regulation S bond offerings by Petróleos Mexicanos and Pemex Project Funding Master Trust, and in connection with various amendments to the Pemex Project Funding Master Trust’s MTN program and the establishment of a new MTN program of Petróleos Mexicanos.
Goldman Sachs/Banco Posta Offerings
Represented Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. in connection with public offerings in Italy of €1 billion principal amount of notes and placement through BancoPosta.
Diageo/Debt Offerings
Represented Diageo plc in connection with the issuance and offering of $1.5 billion principal amount of SEC-registered debt securities by Diageo Capital plc.
Rhône Capital/Refinancing
Represented Rhône Capital in the refinancing of the consolidated indebtedness of LWB Refractories Holding GmbH.
Telecom Italia/Debt Offerings
Represented the underwriters in multiple SEC-registered offerings of fixed and floating notes issued by Telecom Italia S.p.A.
NXP B.V./Financing Transactions
Represented NXP B.V. in its acquisition financing, comprised of a bridge loan and the related high-yield bond refinancing, and in the establishment of a $500 million secured revolving credit facility.
Pirelli/IPO
Represented Pirelli & C. S.p.A. in the proposed initial public offering of its tire business with flotation on the Mercato Telematico Azionario and international institutional offering.
TradeDoubler/IPO
Represented the managers in TradeDoubler AB’s initial public offering with floatation on the Stockholm Stock Exchange and a Rule 144A private placement.
Barclays Capital/Structured Notes
Represented Barclays Capital in several registered offerings and private placements of structured notes linked to commodities, currencies, equities and other asset classes.